Legal Notices

TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY POLICY

Imagination Stage, Inc. ("Imagination Stage," "we" or "us") operates this website ("Website") for the convenience and personal, non-commercial use of our visitors. Use of this Website is conditioned upon your acceptance of all of these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy and disclaimers set forth below. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND/OR OF ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL SUCH TERMS OF USE. IF YOU CANNOT AGREE WITH ALL SUCH TERMS OF USE, PLEASE EXIT THIS WEBSITE.

Copyrights, Trademarks, Service Marks and Other Intellectual Property

Materials on this Website are protected by laws relating to copyrights, trademarks, service marks and/or other intellectual property rights. These materials are owned by Imagination Stage or are used with permission of their owners or as otherwise authorized by law. IMAGINATION STAGE, IMAGINATION QUEST, various logos and certain other marks used on this Website are marks of Imagination Stage. Other protected materials include, but are not limited to, other marks, logos and trade dress; the text, selection and arrangement of content; photographs, designs, drawings, images, graphics, music, video clips and audio clips; software and code; and other materials contained in this Website. All rights are reserved worldwide.

Interfering with this Website or its operation, and any reproduction, duplication, distribution (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), display, publication, modification, changing, copying, sale, transmission or other unauthorized use of material, is prohibited, unless you have obtained the prior express written consent of Imagination Stage, or unless such use is expressly permitted by this Website. You may download, print or reproduce one copy of discrete portions of this Website for your personal, non-commercial use and enjoyment. Use of this Website does not give any user a license or right under any patent, copyright, trademark, service mark or other intellectual property, proprietary or personal right of Imagination Stage or any third party. No mark of Imagination Stage may be used in advertising or other commercial materials without the prior express written permission of Imagination Stage.

You agree to observe the privacy of all other users of this Website and not to use the personal information or views of any other user for any commercial, promotional or other purpose.

Postings, Comments and Submissions

Imagination Stage welcomes comments from users and reserves the right to post any comments it receives. User or third party submissions or postings are the views of the author or poster and do not necessarily reflect the views of Imagination Stage. Imagination Stage reserves the right to edit any postings or material submitted to it, for any reason. Imagination Stage has the sole discretion over whether to publish, edit or delete any material submitted to it. However, Imagination Stage is not responsible or liable for any such material or for any damage or loss caused, or alleged to be caused, in whole or in part, by or in connection with any such material.

Imagination Stage does not invite the unsolicited submission of creative works or materials, and may return them at its discretion. If you send any such unsolicited material, however, you grant to Imagination Stage all rights to use, and to permit others to use, such material in whole or in part anywhere in the world in perpetuity in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, without compensation to you or to any other person.

In addition, by submitting any postings, comments, messages or works to Imagination Stage, the submitting party grants to Imagination Stage all rights to use, and to permit others to use, the material without compensation and authorizes Imagination Stage to, and to permit others to, publish the material in any media now known or hereafter developed, and to reproduce, adapt, recast, distribute, display, perform, transmit, create derivative works based upon and otherwise use it in any way, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, as Imagination Stage may determine in its sole discretion, all without compensation to you or to any other person. No such submissions shall be subject to any obligation of confidentially on the part of Imagination Stage, and we shall not be liable for any use, disclosure or loss of information. By submitting your name, address, photo or other identifying data with a posting or other submission, you grant to Imagination Stage the right to publish that identifying data and to use that identifying data for promotional or any other purposes.

You agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with your use of this Website. You agree not to submit any confidential, proprietary or copyrighted material without authorization of the owner. Submission of any material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening or offensive, or that infringes any trademark, patent, copyright, privacy right or other legal right, or that violates any other federal, state or local law, is prohibited.

DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED AND TRANSMITTED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IMAGINATION STAGE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACTUAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS OR LOSS OF PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS WEBSITE, OR OF ANY INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS, SOFTWARE OR CODE HEREIN, EVEN IF IMAGINATION STAGE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANOTHER PARTY. A USER'S USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, AND ANY RELIANCE ON ANY MATERIAL PUBLISHED OR TRANSMITTED BY THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, IS AT THE USER'S OWN RISK. THE USER SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO COMPUTERS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR FOR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE.

IMAGINATION STAGE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE OR FREE OF INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, NOR DOES IMAGINATION STAGE WARRANT THAT THIS WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, WORMS OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. IMAGINATION STAGE DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS OR RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, MATERIAL OR DATA ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER SITE, OR AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS FROM THIS WEBSITE.

Any links to other websites are provided as a convenience only. Providing a link to another site does not mean that Imagination Stage sponsors, endorses or approves the linked-to site, the person or organization that operates such site or the content, privacy policies, terms of use, products or services on such site. Imagination Stage does not control, and is not bound by or responsible for, the content, safety, security or privacy practices of sites to which we link and, therefore, you agree to review the terms of use and privacy policies of those sites before using them.

You hereby release Imagination Stage and its trustees, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, representatives, advertisers, supporters and authors from any and all liability or obligations arising from the access to or use of this Website, or of any public forum or other area of this Website, or of any website linked to this Website. A user's sole remedy for any problem or concern is to exit this Website.

You agree that you will indemnify and hold harmless Imagination Stage from any claim, loss, damage or liability suffered by Imagination Stage as a result of your use of this Website, or your submission of any material to Imagination Stage or this Website.

Imagination Stage reserves the right to restrict, limit, prohibit or revoke access to this Website.

Purchases

Purchases through this Website of tickets, subscriptions, gift certificates or other items, and registrations for classes, may be made only by persons 18 years of age or older.

Copyright Violations

If you believe that any material on this Website infringes your copyright, please notify us as follows, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). To notify us, the DMCA requires that you send an e-mail notice to Imagination Stage, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
, and include the following information in your e-mail:

a. identity of the copyrighted work(s) you claim is infringed; b. identity of the material you claim is infringing the copyright(s), and enough information for Imagination Stage to locate that material; c. a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf ("Claimant"); d. the Claimant's name, address and telephone number(s); e. a statement that the Claimant has a good faith belief that use of the disputed material is not authorized by the copyright owner or his, her or its agent; and f. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification of copyright infringement is accurate and that the Claimant is the copyright owner or is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

PRIVACY POLICY

Because your privacy is important to us as well as to you, Imagination Stage has adopted this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. This privacy policy applies only to personal information that we obtain from you through this Website. It does not apply to oral, in-person, written or other interactions that you may have with Imagination Stage that are not conducted through this Website.

Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Imagination Stage obtains certain personally identifiable information ("PII") about you that you provide to us through this Website when, for example, you register with Imagination Stage, purchase tickets or gift certificates, enroll yourself or your child in a class, make a contribution or subscribe to newsletters or other notices from us. More specifically, through this Website, we may collect any or all of the following PII: your full (first and last) name, address, e-mail address, telephone numbers, credit card information and certain demographic information (such as, but not limited to, age, education or income level). If you enroll your child in a class, we may also collect PII concerning your child, such as his or her first and last name, address, age, school and any special needs that your child may have.

We may use PII to contact you when necessary concerning any order or registration that you have submitted to us, or any class for which you or your child have registered, or any performance for which you have ordered tickets, as well as to send you newsletters and other information or material for which you have subscribed or that we think you will enjoy, and to solicit contributions and send you notices of or invitations to special events. We also use PII to assess and improve our services. We may share PII with individuals and entities that provide technical and other support services to us, including, but not limited to, web hosting and other information technology providers, credit card processors and ticket fulfillment vendors. In addition, we reserve the right to provide any successor in interest (by sale, merger, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) with our subscriber and user information and database, including, but not limited to, PII, and we may use PII to comply with court orders and other legal or contractual obligations or to protect our or others' rights, property or safety. Other than as noted, Imagination Stage does not rent, sell or otherwise share our Website visitors' PII.

We collect the IP addresses of visitors to our Website and use that data to gather broad categories of information about our Website visitors, such as the type of browsers used, number of hits, referring sites and the like. This information is presented and used in aggregate form.

Like many other websites, we may also use "cookies," which are small files downloaded to your computer's hard drive that enable your browser to save and recall information. We may use this data to identify our Website visitors, tailor their Website experiences, show them content that we think they might be interested in, display content according to their preferences, facilitate the processing of transactions and provide other helpful aids in using our Website.

Public Forums

Imagination Stage may make chat rooms, blogs, forums or message boards available to its Website users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the confidentiality, security or privacy of any such information. We urge you to exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information in that context.

Security

Imagination Stage takes commercially reasonable precautions to protect the security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honored. These precautions are intended to help guard your data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, information transmitted over the Internet is not completely secure or confidential. In no event will the information that you provide to us create any fiduciary obligation to you on our part, or result in any liability to you should such information be released by us or accessed by third parties.

Edits/Opt-Out Options

Imagination Stage gives Website users the option to edit the personal information they have already given us and/or to unsubscribe from any e-mail lists they have previously signed up for on our Website or on which they are otherwise included. Users may also opt out of receiving future e-mailings from Imagination Stage by clicking on the "unsubscribe" button at the bottom of such e-mails. However, any such opt-out may not prevent us from sending you communications regarding orders, purchases, registrations, enrollments, classes and the like.

Notice to Parents - Children Under Age 13

Imagination Stage does not solicit, seek or knowingly collect or accept personal information through this Website from persons under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that an individual under 13 has submitted such information to us through this Website without verifiable parental consent, we will not save his or her personal information. We encourage parents to talk to their children about safe and responsible use of their personal information while using the Internet.

Amendments

Imagination Stage reserves the right to change, delete or add to these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, at any time, in our discretion, without notice or liability to you, by posting amended terms on this Website. Such changes shall be effective immediately upon their posting on this Website, except as otherwise expressly stated in the revision. Any use by you of this Website after the effective date of an amendment constitutes your acceptance of the amended terms and conditions. We reserve the right to apply the amended terms to the information that we have already collected, subject to any legal constraints. You should read and review these Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, regularly to see if there have been any changes.

Other Terms

These Terms of Use shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers, requirements, releases and other terms and conditions contained in this Website, provided, however, that in the event of any conflict between these Terms of Use and such other provisions, these Terms of Use shall control. If any of these Terms of Use is found to be illegal or unenforceable, these Terms of Use will be deemed revised to the extent necessary to make them enforceable and will remain, as so modified, in full force and effect.

Effective Date

The Effective Date of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy is October 10, 2009.

Choice of Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts located in, and to venue in, the State of Maryland.

Contacting Us

We would like your visits to our Website to be enjoyable, informative and fun. If you have any comments or questions, please let us know. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or call 301.280.1696.